Jeremiah 13:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it: and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So I went to the Euphrates, dug it out, and took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it. But behold, the waistband was ruined and no longer useful for anything.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I went{H3212} to the Euphrates,{H6578} and digged,{H2658} and took{H3947} the girdle{H232} from the place{H4725} where I had hid{H2934} it; and, behold, the girdle{H232} was marred,{H7843} it was profitable{H6743} for nothing.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then I went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Euphrates{H6578}, and digged{H2658}{(H8799)}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} the girdle{H232} from the place{H4725} where I had hid{H2934}{(H8804)} it: and, behold, the girdle{H232} was marred{H7843}{(H8738)}, it was profitable{H6743}{(H8799)} for nothing.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then went I to Euphrates, and digged vp, and toke the brech from the place where I had hyd it: and beholde, the brech was corrupte, so that it was profitable for nothinge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then went I to Perath, and digged, & tooke the girdle from the place where I had hid it, and behold, the girdle was corrupt, and was profitable for nothing.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then went I to Euphrates, & digged vp, and toke the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and beholde, the girdle was corrupt, so that it was profitable for nothyng.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 64:6 : 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
  • Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and follow other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, will be like this belt, which is good for nothing.
  • Jer 24:1-8 : 1 The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 3 Then the LORD said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. 4 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 6 For I will set My eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to Me with their whole heart. 8 And as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt:
  • Ezek 15:3-5 : 3 Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will one take a peg from it to hang any vessel upon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire consumes both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it fit for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was not fit for any work: how much less shall it be fit for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
  • Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich attire.
  • Luke 14:34-35 : 34 Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor for the manure pile; but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Rom 3:12 : 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.'
  • Phlm 1:11 : 11 Who in time past was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

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    1 Thus says the LORD to me, Go and get yourself a linen belt, and put it around your waist, and do not put it in water.

    2 So I got a belt according to the word of the LORD, and put it around my waist.

    3 And the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,

    4 Take the belt that you have got, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole in the rock.

    5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

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